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velutinous |
= velvety |
pubescence |
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Of or bearing dense, moderately firm, more or less erect, capillate trichomes, like velvet pile to the touch. |
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lanuginose |
< cottony |
pubescence |
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Bearing relatively long and fine, intertwined, somewhat matted, capillate trichomes. |
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glabrescent |
= balding |
pubescence |
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Becoming glabrous (bald, psilate) with age. |
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velvety |
= velutinous |
pubescence |
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Of or bearing dense, moderately firm, more or less erect, capillate trichomes, like velvet pile to the touch. |
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lepidote |
= squamose; < scaly |
pubescence |
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Bearing lepides (squamae). See also squamellose. |
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panniform |
< felted |
pubescence |
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Of closely intertwined, capillate trichomes that form a dense, felt-like mat. See also pannose. |
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lanulose |
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pubescence |
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Finely lanate. |
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glabrous |
= bald, psilate |
pubescence |
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Lacking trichomes. |
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cobwebby |
= arachnoid |
pubescence |
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Of fairly sparse, fine, white, loosely tangled, capillate trichomes. |
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pannose |
< felted |
pubescence |
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Bearing closely intertwined, capillate trichomes that form a dense, felt-like mat. See also panniform. |
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bald |
= glabrous, psilate |
pubescence |
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Lacking trichomes. |
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cottony |
> lanuginose |
pubescence |
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Of or bearing relatively long and fine, intertwined, somewhat matted, capillate trichomes. See also lanuginose. |
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arachnoid |
= cobwebby |
pubescence |
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Of fairly sparse, fine, white, loosely tangled, capillate trichomes. |
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woolly |
> lanate |
pubescence |
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Of or bearing relatively long, moderately stout, intertwined, somewhat matted, capillate trichomes. |
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balding |
= glabrescent |
pubescence |
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Becoming bald (glabrous, psilate) with age. |
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bearded |
= barbate |
pubescence |
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Having one or more limited sectors bearing relatively long, erect, flexible, capillary trichomes. |
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small-bristly |
= setulose |
pubescence |
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Finely setose (hispid). |
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ramentaceous |
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pubescence |
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Of small, fragile, scarious, planate trichomes. |
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scabrous 1 |
= rough |
pubescence |
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Of or bearing coarse, stiff, ascending trichomes and markedly rough to the touch. |
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barbate |
= bearded |
pubescence |
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Having one or more limited sectors bearing fairly long, erect, flexible, capillary trichomes. |
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mealy 2 |
> farinaceous, farinose |
pubescence |
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Loose, dry, and disintegrating in finely granular pieces like meal or flour. |
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sunken |
> immersed, impressed |
prominence |
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Below the general level of the surrounding surface. |
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prominent |
< raised |
prominence |
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Protruding above the general level of the surrounding surface. See also prominulous. |
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prominulous |
< raised |
prominence |
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Diminutively prominent, protruding only slightly above the general level of the surrounding surface. |
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flush |
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prominence |
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Even with the surrounding surface, neither higher nor lower than its general level. |
